SB 5.26.8 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.26.8

तत्र यस्तु परवित्तापत्यकलत्राण्यपहरति स हि कालपाशबद्धो यमपुरुषैरतिभयानकैस्तामिस्रे नरके बलान्निपात्यते अनशनानुदपानदण्डताडनसन्तर्जनादिभिर्यातनाभिर्यात्यमानो जन्तुर्यत्र कश्मलमासादित एकदैव मूर्च्छामुपयाति तामिस्रप्राये ॥ ८ ॥

tatra yas tu para-vittāpatya-kalatrāṇy apaharati sa hi kāla-pāśa-baddho yama-puruṣair ati-bhayānakais tāmisre narake balān nipātyate anaśanānudapāna-daṇḍa-tāḍana-santarjanādibhir yātanābhir yātyamāno jantur yatra kaśmalam āsādita ekadaiva mūrcchām upayāti tāmisra-prāye.

[tatra yas tu para-vittaapatya-kalatraany apaharati sa hi kaala-paasha-baddho yama-purushair ati-bhayaanakais taamisre narake balaan nipaatyate anashanaanudapaana-danda-taadana-santarjanaadibhir yaatanaabhir yaatyamaano jantur yatra kashmalam aasaadita ekadaiva moorchchaam upayaati taamisra-praaye.]

Word-for-word

tatra — in those hellish planets yaḥ — a person who tu — but para-vitta-apatya-kalatrāṇi — the money, wife and children of another apaharati — takes away saḥ — that person hi — certainly kāla-pāśa-baddhaḥ — being bound by the ropes of time or Yamarāja yama-puruṣaiḥ — by the assistants of Yamarāja ati-bhayānakaiḥ — who are very fearful tāmisre narake — into the hell known as Tāmisra balāt — by force nipātyate — is thrown anaśana — starvation anudapāna — without water daṇḍa-tāḍana — beaten with rods santarjana-ādibhiḥ — by scolding and so on yātanābhiḥ — by severe punishments yātyamānaḥ — being punished jantuḥ — the living entity yatra — where kaśmalam — misery āsāditaḥ — obtained ekadā — sometimes eva — certainly mūrcchām — fainting upayāti — obtains tāmisra-prāye — in that condition, which is almost entirely dark.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

tatra

in those hellish planets

yaḥ

a person who

but

para-vitta-apatya-kalatrāṇi

the money, wife and children of another

apaharati

takes away

saḥ

that person

certainly

kāla-pāśa-baddhaḥ

being bound by the ropes of time or Yamarāja

yama-puruṣaiḥ

by the assistants of Yamarāja

ati-bhayānakaiḥ

who are very fearful

tāmisre narake

into the hell known as Tāmisra

balāt

by force

nipātyate

is thrown

anaśana

starvation

anudapāna

without water

daṇḍa-tāḍana

beaten with rods

santarjana-ādibhiḥ

by scolding and so on

yātanābhiḥ

by severe punishments

yātyamānaḥ

being punished

jantuḥ

the living entity

yatra

where

kaśmalam

misery

āsāditaḥ

obtained

ekadā

sometimes

eva

certainly

mūrcchām

fainting

upayāti

obtains

tāmisra-prāye

in that condition, which is almost entirely dark.

My dear King, a person who appropriates another’s legitimate wife, children or money is arrested at the time of death by the fierce Yamadūtas, who bind him with the rope of time and forcibly throw him into the hellish planet known as Tāmisra. On this very dark planet, the sinful man is chastised by the Yamadūtas, who beat and rebuke him. He is starved, and he is given no water to drink. Thus the wrathful assistants of Yamarāja cause him severe suffering, and sometimes he faints from their chastisement.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

A person who appropriates another's legitimate wife, children or money, after being bound up with Yama’s ropes of time by the fierce Yamadūtas, is forcibly thrown into Tāmisra. On this very dark planet, the sinful man suffers by chastisement, beating, starvation and lack of water. Severely suffering, sometimes he faints in that very dark place. Yātyamānaḥ means suffering. Tāmisra-praye means “in a very dark place.”

Personal Guidance

Taking another's legitimate wife, children, or money brings Tāmisra — darkness, hunger, thirst. Every taking-what-isn't-mine carries its own darkness. What we steal from others we eventually drink as our own pain.

Reflection Questions

What have I taken — small or large — that wasn't really mine to take?
Where in my life can I begin to give back rather than continue to take?

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